Implications of Climate Change for Global Security and Order: A Case Study of South Asia

Muhammad Haseeb  Iftikhar

Authors

Muhammad Haseeb Iftikhar PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Author

Keywords:

Climate Change, Global Security, South Asia, Mitigation, Adaptation

Abstract

The issue of climate change has assumed formidable dimensions over the years and is posing a serious threat to human civilization, thereby endangering global security and order. The South Asian region is more exposed to the climate related challenges as it is home to almost 22 percent of the world’s population. Despite the need to initiate joint efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, the instant issue has been marred by international and regional political wrangling. Consequently, the global and regional security is prone to disruption and instability. There is a need to address the crisis on emergent basis for identifying some common grounds whereby trajectories of concerned political actors can be converged towards the conundrum of climate change. In this way, the international and regional stability can be insulated from potential conflicts.

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